Longtime buddy Howe Gelb and I take a peek at his 40 year career...

1. Howe Gelb - Thousand Kisses Deep

2. Giant Sand - Shiver

3. Giant Sand - Happenstance

4. Howe Gelb - Terribly So

5. Giant Sand - Cowboy Boots on Cobble Stone

6. Howe Gelb Sno Angel - Paradise There About

7. Giant Sand - Hurting Habit

8. Giant Sand - Black Venetian Blind

Russ Tolman of Paisley Underground adjacent band True West spins PU tunes and tells tales about the scene:

1. 15 Minutes - Last Chance For You

2. True West - Steps to the Door

3. Rain Parade - I Look Around (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983)

4. Salvation Army - She Turns to Flowers (Self-Titled, 1982)

5. The Bangs - Getting Out of Hand (first 45, 1981)

6. Long Ryders - 10-5-60 (self-titled EP, 1983) PVC

7. Green on Red - Black Night (EP, 1982) Downthere

8. Dream Syndicate - Some Kind of Itch (EP, 1982)

9. True West - Lucifer Sam (45, 1982)

10. 28th Day - 25 Pills (EP, 1985) Bring Out Your Dead

11. Bangles - How is The Air Up There (EP, 1982)

12. Three O’Clock - When I Go Wild (Baroque Hoedown, 1982)

13. Dream Syndicate - Too Little Too Late (Live)

14. Long Ryders - Sweet Mental Revenge (Native Sons, 1984)

15. Green on Red - Gas Food Lodging (1985)

16. Rain Parade - You Are My Friend

17. Thin White Rope - Red Sun (In The Spanish Cave, 1988)

Russ travels East...

1. Alex Chilton - Bangkok
2. Johnny Thunders & the

ese Rocks

1. Iggy Pop - China Girl
2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
3. Dead Kennedy - Holiday in Cambodia
4. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
5. Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki
6. Be Bop Deluxe - Japan
7. The Teriyaki Boyz - Tokyo Drift (Fast & Furious)
8. Thundercat - Tokyo
9. Kim Wilde - Cambodia
10. The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
11. One Click Straight - Manila
12. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
13. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
14. The Bird & The Bee - Love Letter to Japan

Russ spins tunes from some of musical artists with which he has shared the stage over the years:

1. The Specials - Message To Rudy

2. Gang of Four - I Love a Man in a Uniform

3. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy

4. Nina Hagen - TV Glotzer

5. The Three O’Clock - Jet Fighter

6. The Dream Syndicate - Then I Remember

7. Long Ryders - Ivory Tower

8. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone

9. Lords of the New Church - Dance with Me

10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity

11. REM - Driver 8

12. Lyle Lovett - Here I Am

13. John Wesley Harding - Kill The Messenger

14. Calexico - Gypsy’s Curse

Russ chats with psychedelic pop genius Anton Barbeau and plays the following tunes:

1. Merry Christmas (I Don’t to Fight) - Anna Ash, Brian Whelan, Darla Hawn

2. Alison Seconds - Little World

3. Anton Barbeau - In The Village of The Apple Sun

4. Anton Barbeau - Waiting on the Radio

5. John Cale - Barracuda

6. Link Wray - Rumble

7. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights

8. Russ Tolman - Yuba City

Another great Russ Tolman Goodtime Hour. Russ spins:

1. Benny Trokan - Hey Lover (Hey Lovers, 2022)

2. The Lostines - A Tear (Meet The Lostines, 2024)

3. Bob Kuban & The In-Men - The Cheater (1966)

4. Anton Barbeau - Beautiful Look (Caveman Remake) 2024

5. Be Bop Deluxe - Electrical Language (Single Version… Drastic Plastic, 1978)

6. Brian Eno - Kings Lead Hat (Before and After Science, 1977)

7. Benjamin Gibbard - Something’s Rattling (Cowpoke) - Former Lives, 2012

8. Dean Johnson - Faraway Skies (Nothing For Me Please, 2023)

9. Adrian Crowley - Measure of Joy (Measure of Joy, 2025)

10. Giant Sand - Shiver (Chore of Enchantment, 2000)

11. Brinsley Schwartz - Country Girl (Despite it All, 1970)

12. Byrds - You Ain’t Going No Where (Sweetheart of The Rodeo, 1968)

13. Russ Tolman - I’m Alive (Sweet Spot, 1994)

14. The Delines - The Imperial (The Imperial, 2019)

15. Benny Trokan - Turn You Back Fool (Hey Lovers, 2022)

16. Bobby Oroza - This Love (This Love, 2019)

Russ spins:

1. Dwight Twilley - Looking For The Magic

2. The 101ers - Keys to Your Heart

3. Soft Boys - I Wanna Destroy You

4. Bill Callahan - Too Many Birds

5. Russ Tolman - Lay Lady Lay

6. Okkervil River - Don’t Move Back To LA

7. Jesse Woods, Chapparelle, Zella Day - Sex & Rage

8. The Delines - Left Hook Like Frazier

9. The Silver Jews - Dallas

10. Patti Smith - Kimberly

11. Fairport Convention - Meet on The Ledge

12. Kak _ Lemonaide Kid

13. The Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason

14. Richard Lloyd - Misty Eyes

Russ chats with Television guitarist Richard Lloyd about the early days of Television, meeting Hendrix, paling with Anita Pallenberg, the wonders of broccoli and more...

1. Television - Venus (Live in SF ’78)

2. Richard Lloyd - Alchemy (1979)

3. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon - 1977)

4. Pablo Casals - Bach on Cello (1969)

5. Television - Ain’t That Nothin’

6. Richard Lloyd - Strangestrange (The Cover Doesn’t Matter, 2000)

7. Richard Lloyd - Field of Fire (1985)